On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:33:18 -0500, Joe Hartley wrote: > I believe the drive manufacturers all take turns at being the ones that > suck. People today are swearing at Maxtor (though I use maxtors all the > time with no significant jump in the # of failed drives) and recommending > Seagate. Seagate drive are particularly suitable for audio due to thier low vibration bearings and quiet mode. I've seen the sticking problem you mentioned on lots of old SCSI discs, I've solved it before by power cycling them lots, i'l try the mallet trick next time it happens, cheers! - Steve